Hiss w/ Stingray 5

Whenever I play my Ray I hear a very annoying hissing/humming sound. The bass is brand new and I have no idea what the problem could be. Its has a hum cancelling phantom coil in the pickup, yet the sound remains. It goes away when I turn the treble all the way down, but I like the tone with the treble. Please help!

Also, anybody have any good ways of cleaning the maple fretboard on a ray. I'm not sure because it isn't laquered.It is finished with gunstock oil and a blend of waxes.

yes lemon oil for the maple unfinished boards is what i hear is good..

Do you have your treble all the way up?

it would be odd but not unheardof for your ray to have a wiring problem. you may want to take it to wherever you bought it (if possible) and let them have a look.... sometimes it could be a fairly simple problem that is easily corrected.. it could also be your patch cable or maybe even your amp...

I have an early SR5 and the stock preamp was not, IMO very good. I had hissing trouble with mine too, and was sorta disappointed with it. As soon as Seymour Duncan came out with their Basslines MM preamp I bought one. What an improvement! The hiss is not nearly as bad and it seems to be more responsive. Maybe you should try one. Anyone else have any opinions on this?